Man killed in Donegal car crash

A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a crash in Co Donegal yesterday

A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a crash in Co Donegal yesterday. The crash took place at Moyle, Newtowncunningham, on the Letterkenny to Derry road, at 2.15pm, when a car collided with a tractor.

The man who died was in his mid-20s and the driver of the car. The injured woman, also in her 20s, was a passenger. She was taken to Letterkenny General Hospital.

Meanwhile, also in Donegal the funeral takes place today of 19-year-old Michael Flanagan who died when the car he was driving crashed into a deserted cottage outside Ballybofey on the main road to Donegal town on Saturday.

The young man, from nearby Cashelnavean, Ballybofey, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3.05am crash.

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Gardaí said no other vehicle was involved.

Michael, who had a sister and two brothers, will be buried in Drumboe cemetery after a requiem Mass at St Mary's Church, Stranorlar.